Snowfall misses Calgary but not southern foothills

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A snowfall warning has ended for the foothills region south of Calgary, where some communities received up to 10 cm of snow.

While those narrow bands of precipitation - which dumped on areas between High River to Claresholm - missed Calgary, a different weather system could potentially bring flurries to the city.

Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurtry said snow could fall in Calgary due to instability in the atmosphere. The weather agency is predicting a 30 per cent chance of snow Monday afternoon.

There is good news for those looking forward to more spring-like weather. A chinook is blowing warm air through the city with double digit highs forecast for Wednesday.

But the warm weather isn’t expected to last.

By Thursday and Friday, it’s back to below-zero highs, followed by more seasonal values around or above zero on the weekend, he said.

“It’s a typical March,” McMurtry said. “That switch between warm to cold, and cold to warm, can happen quite quickly.”

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